In its submission to a consultation, which will close next week, the Post Office said it was important to “maintain nationwide coverage” and its 11,500-strong branch requirement. It also called for the Government to “make post offices the trusted place for essential government services, like digital ID or pharmacy prescription collection”. Meanwhile the Post Office is pushing forward with a major transformation plan. The overhaul comes as the Post Office looks to move on from the Horizon IT scandal in which hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongfully convicted. Neil Brocklehurst, Post Office chief executive, said: “Post Office has been part of the everyday fabric of British life for almost 400 years.